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The Simplest Way To Find and Recover Precious Harddisk Space

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Every hard disk is too small if you just wait long enough. Ever wonder where all your GB or TB of space had gone to?

TreeSize Free will help you find out which folder eats up most of your space. If you're in a hurry to get lots of free space, tackle those first!

The Simplest Way To Input Chinese Characters (Google Pinyin)

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Installing chinese input in Windows used to be a troublesome task, but since google released google pinyin input software, it is much simpler now..

If your pc can't display chinese characters please refer to this guide.

1) Download 谷歌拼音输入法 from website.

2) Install the software and proceed with the normal settings.

3) After installation complete you may switch from English to Chinese input mode by pressing Alt+Shift key together. You may change the shortcut key for this in the google pinyin settings menu.

The Simplest Way To Display Chinese Characters In WinXP

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Note that you don't need to install this on Windows 7/Vista. (installed on default)

1) Slide in your WinXP cd/dvd.

The Simplest Way To Create Light Saber Effect In Photoshop CS4 (Video)

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cool light saber
[Light Saber effect I created using Photoshop CS4]

This is the video tutorial, check out this guide for more detailed step by step explanation.

The Simplest Way To Get Free Harddisk Space (By Finding Duplicate Files)

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This morning I had 200mb of space left on my harddisk, 10 minutes later, I have 7GB >.<

How did I do it? Introducing Duplicate Cleaner. (It's free!)

You'll be surprised how many duplicate files you can find on your computer :)

The Simplest Way To Burn A CD/DVD

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Want to burn a cd/dvd/blueray but seems too complicated?

The Simplest Way To Get Started In Photoshop CS4

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Get this book called 'Photoshop for Right Brainers'. It is the best photoshop book for beginners like myself.

The Simplest Way To Increase Your Gaming Experience Using Autohotkey

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dota
[Picture source: http://kunkka.deviantart.com/]

Please read Autohotkey Introduction before you continue!

You can set hotkeys/remap keys to be used in any games. I'll use 'Warcraft III - DOTA' as example here which autohotkey proves to be extremely useful.

The Simplest Way To Automate Routine Tasks Using Autohotkey

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irobot
[Picture borrowed from movie 'I, Robot']

Please read Autohotkey Introduction before you continue!

1) Let's say there's a series of commands you enter almost everyday and you decided to do something with that. For example I need to type 'Regards, J.C. Telephone no: 12345678' at the end of every email..

2) Edit your autohotkey script file, and add in the code below:

The Simplest Way To Correct (Photo Enhancement) A Poorly Taken Photograph

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image correction

1) Install Irfanview.

2) Open your photograph with the software. For example a poorly lit photo below:

Photo Enhancement 1